Yankees can turn rotation edge into World Series-winning formula
LOS ANGELES — The Yankees and Dodgers last faced each other in October, with left-hander Fernando Valenzuela in action in the World Series. He had owned the 1981 model since the first day of the season and never parted with it. Valenzuela made an emergency start on opening day and earned a shutout victory. Thus […]
Yankees vs. Dodgers World Series odds, prediction, expert pick
Gambling Content 21+. When you sign up through our links, the New York Post may receive an affiliate commission. Please read our editorial standards for more information. For the first time since 1981, the Dodgers and Yankees will face off in the World Series in the Battle of MLB Goliaths. Both teams entered the season […]
Yankees to face Dodgers’ Jack Flaherty in Game 1 of World Series
In Game 1 of the World Series, the Yankees will face the pitcher they almost acquired at the trade deadline. Manager Dave Roberts announced Tuesday that Jack Flaherty will take the ball for the Dodgers in the Fall Classic opener on Friday, facing Yankees ace Gerrit Cole. “They're really good,” Flaherty said of the Yankees' […]
Dodgers’ World Series pitching approach a contrast to Yankees’
In Game 6 of the National League CS, the Dodgers used seven different pitchers to defeat the Mets, but none of them pitched more than two innings. The only pitcher to retire more than four batters was closer Blake Treinen, who pitched the final two innings for the win. From Los Angeles to the World […]
Legendary Yankees manager Joe Torre gives advice to Aaron Boone ahead of World Series
Joe Torre may have managed both the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers, but it's clear where his core interests lie. The 84-year-old won four World Series championships with the Yankees, but did not return to the Yankees after the 2007 season, ending a seventh consecutive year without a title before heading to Chavez […]
Anthony Rizzo has World Series perspective after Yankees injury scare
Unlike most of his teammates, Anthony Rizzo has World Series experience. But the celebration after the ALCS win over Cleveland was just as sweet for Rizzo as it was for anyone else — albeit for different reasons. When the first baseman was injured by a pitch to his right hand on September 28, the day […]
Mets’ Luis Severino watching old Yankees side in World Series
LOS ANGELES — Manager Luis Severino was sufficiently impressed by the Yankees' breakthrough in October that he was prepared to amend comments he half-jokingly made about his former team during the regular season. The Mets right-hander revealed in July that he twisted a former teammate in a text chain by saying the Yankees “have two […]
The advice Joe Torre is giving Aaron Boone as Yankees return to World Series
Aaron Boone has been to the World Series once since hitting his famous home run off Boston's Tim Wakefield in the 2003 ALCS, sending the Yankees and Joe Torre to the World Series. More than 20 years later, Boone still relies on his former manager to get him through the playoffs — and he will […]
Mets, Steve Cohen should go all out to pry Juan Soto from Yankees
The Mets just lost to the Dodgers, the franchise Steve Cohen nearly bought more than a decade ago and the organization he most wanted to emulate since buying the Mets. The key to the Mets' near-term future, then, is how closely Cohen and David Stearns believe the club is following the Dodgers' trajectory. Is advancing […]
See who is favored in Yankees vs. Dodgers World Series odds
Gambling Content 21+. When you sign up through our links, the New York Post may receive an affiliate commission. Please read our editorial standards for more information. The East Coast vs. West Coast rivalry begins again, this time in the World Series. Replace the microphone with a baseball bat and the producers with managers Aaron […]